Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16785, Jedediah Elliot, Cobtinental N.H.

Continental N. H.
fedidial fedidial
1965
Concord
CONTENTS.

Wane 504
Abdediah Elliot and in the State of Me private in the Com of the Regt in the St. H. and Continental 19mo 3 days -
Special
awarded on the 24th of June the rate of 60 Cents per annum commencing the 1st day of March, 1831.
Legislature of Maine passed the 20th day of Sep 1834 and Issued John Anderson Portland Me
to the 1st of Sep. 1835. $109.19 with allowance ending Mar 1st 1835 $131.02
Revolutionary War Act June 7, 1832. awarded by E. D. Brewster Clerk E. Vol. 3 Page 13
8736 2189 10919

Jedediah Elliot's Application for a pension
July 1832
Private -
Pension } July 31 Office } 1832
$30 per ann

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and held at Portland, within and for said District, on the nineteenth day of July A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- two before the Honorable ASHER WARR , Judge of said Court.
On this nineteenth day of July aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Jehidiah Elliot a resident of Windham in the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, aged seventy one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he was placed on the pension list roll of the District of Maine Agency, and a certificate of pension granted to him on his application made on the 11th of May 1818 - That his name has been stricken from the pension roll on account of his property - That he served in the Company commanded by Capt. Dutton in the Regiment commanded by Col. Reuel in the line of the State of New Hampshire - on the Continental Establishment - That he now lives in Windham aforesaid, and lived there when he made his first application under the law of March 18th 1818 -
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of Maine - Jehidiah Elliot
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before,
Asher Warr } U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary pensioner, and served as he states
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I John Mufsey Clerk of said District Court, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty ninth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two
John Mufsey } Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

172. Jedediah Elliot
Copy
P 200
Sept. 10/19
Continues
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS I, JOHN MURRAY, Clerk of said District Court of the United States for said District do hereby certify that the foregoing copy is a true and correct copy of the original thereof, and that the original is now on file in my office and of tenor following: The foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original thereof, and that the original is now on file in my office and of tenor following: Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 10th day of September, 1919.
John M. [unclear]
[Large handwritten signature, likely John M. [unclear]]
Clerk of the U.S. District Court
P 210

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and held at Portland. . within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the sixeth. . day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the fifteenth. . day of June . . . in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Judge of said Court.
ON this fifteenth. . day of June . . . in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Jedediah Elliot . . . aged sixty. . . . years, resident in Windham . . . in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a Private . . . in the company commanded by Capt. Parker . . . in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Reed . . . in the line of the State of New Hampshire on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the eleventh day of May . . . A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 200 . . . was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Jedediah Elliot
Sworn to and declared, on the fifteenth day of June. . A. D. 1820. }
Before Albion K. Parris
{ U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the undersigned
Real estate - I have none -
Personal estate - none except a few necessary articles of household stuff - I have no income
Jedediah Elliot
Sworn to
June 15 1820
Before
Albion H. Barris U.S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Jedediah Elliot who, by occupation am a laborer - which I am not able to pursue by reason of a lame foot, and other infirmities of age
   NAME AGE Capacity of each to contribute to his support     Wife, Hannah .. 55 been sick twenty five years occa- sioning great expense for Physicians   John . . . 24 able to work some - often unwell   Hannah .. 17 able to do housework  
Jedediah Elliot
Sworn to June 15 1820
Before
Albion H. Barris U.S. Dist. Judge

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, JR. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is five . . . . . dollars and ten . . . . . cents. and no more
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifteenth . . . day of June . . . . A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
$5.10

the service of the United States. being enlisted for Three Years, is hereby honorably discharged from the Three Years Regiment Jerusalem Artillery Battery
GIVEN at the time of
the Jerusalem Day of
1784
By the General's Command John Williams for
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment
James M c Intosh Colonel
Jerusalem Artillery 1784 N.H. Cont.

Jedediah Slet Corp _____ in the American _____ Regiment, being enlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States. _____
Given in the State of New-York
the thirtieth Day of June
1784
By the General's Command,
S. Saltonstall
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Charles Allen Adjutant

errand M. M. M.E.
16785 INVALID.
one
Mch 23/96 Sold in part F.P. Simmons, Penn.
No. 16785-
Jedediah Elliot Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Box: Vol. 1 , Page 113
[Arrangement of 1870.]

This man being convicted of false swearing in rela- tion to the schedule of property exhibited by him under the act of 1 May 1820, the Secretary of war has direct- ed his name to be dropped from the Pension list. See letter from E. Shepley, filed with Jonah Austin's papers —
See letter to Agent 14 May 1820

8208
District of Maine
Jedediah Elliot
of Windham in the state of District of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Reed of the N. Hampshire and Continental line, for the term of Three Years
Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence the 11 th of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th of March 1819 and sent to the Honble Abiah K. Parise Paris Portland Maine
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 of M ch 1818 73:48 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th September 1819 48:00
$126:48
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Continued
Notification sent the 19 th of July 1820, to J. Maysey Jun r Esq r Portland Maine

504
Maine
Isaac D. Dyer of Cumberland Co. in the State of Maine who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Potter of the reg't commanded by Reed in the N Hampshire line for nine months from July 1782.
Discharged
132 3 days private $43.66
Enrolled on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 30 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Septem- ber 1802 and sent to John Murphy Portland Me.
Annuity of $45.00 from March 1832 to March 1833
Portage $60.00
Special Report Revolutionary Claim, for June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm. Allison Clerk Book 1 Vol. 1 Page 56

Jacob Allen
Payments to be made at Portland by the Pres d of the U.S. N. Bank Agent for paying Pensions. ers, in the Agency of Maine
Recorded by R. Allen Clerk, in Book D Vol. 1 page 46

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June 1832, Jacob Allen of the State of Maine who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Sixty dollars, and ~ cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this nineteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty - two
John B. Babb Acting Secretary of War.
and signed. } J. L. Edwards

Sedediah Eliot
Payments to be made at Portland by the Pres. U.S. Branch Bank Agent for paying Pensions Agency of Maine
Recorded by Wm Allison Clerk, in Book D. V. 1. page 56

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claims.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June 1832, Sedediah Elliot of the State of Maine who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Thirty dollars, and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this twelfth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two .
John P. Kirtland Acting Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Grace

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1918, _____
Sedediah Elliott _____ late a Private _____ _____ in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the District of Maine _____ Agency, at the rate of Eight _____ dollars per month, to com- mence on the 11 th _____ day of May _____ one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 26 th _____ day of March _____ one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
E. Callow
Secretary of War.

Chase App. for increase
FREE
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Scitland Nov 25 th 1833
Sir. Frederick Elliot requests that his application for a pension may be re-examined & if his statement here contained is correct, that he may have a certificate for the full time of his service. His discharge is on file at your office with his papers under the act of 1818. I am Sir with great respect your obedt Servt John Cheadle
for L Edmonds Esq Secy of the Navy

Deposition of George Linsley
...the said George Linsley being first sworn, deposes and says that he is the person who was present at the time and place aforesaid, and that the whole thereof is true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief.
...the said George Linsley being first sworn, deposes and says that he is the person who was present at the time and place aforesaid, and that the whole thereof is true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief.
...the said George Linsley being first sworn, deposes and says that he is the person who was present at the time and place aforesaid, and that the whole thereof is true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief.

I Benjamin Lumskey of Greene being of lawful age do testify and say that about the first of August -- in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two Jedediah Elliot then a justice of the peace at Durham in New Hampshire enlisted into the service of the United States and passed muster under Lieutenant Atkinson at Boston that I marched with him in company with other the Artillery following and joined Colonel Read's Regiment in Captain Choate's company and was acquainted with him until he was discharged from the service in the last of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty four and that at the time of his discharge he was a corporal and for the year before a sergeant.
Benj. Lumskey
Concord N. Greene September 12 th 1833 Then the above named Benjamin Lumskey personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above deposition
Before me
Moses Sprague Justice of Peace
To all whom it may concern
We the subscribers do hereby certify that we have been acquainted with Benjamin Lumskey of Greene and have lived in the same town with him from our childhood which is about fifty years and that we consider him a man of truth and that his deposition may be depended on.
Moses Sprague
Greene September 14 th 1833
Reuben Bates

Richard Dyer Private Lee's Regt New Hampshire Line 11 th May 1818. (Maine)
Not on the Rolls Rejected Admitted. (see Discharge)
The applicant having exhibited such additional proof as places this case beyond all doubt , the papers are again transmitted to the War Department - A moment's inspection will probably satisfy Mr. Edwards that this applicant is entitled
L. B. Parsons

I Jeremiah Elliot a resident citizen of the United States of America, an inhabitant of Windham in the District of Maine do hereby declare, that sometime in the month of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty two at Exeter in the State of New Hampshire I enlisted as a private soldier and in the following month joined the company commanded by captain Cherry in the regiment commanded by Col. Read, in the New Hampshire line on the continental establishment in the revolutionary war, for the term of three years, that I continued to serve as a private in said company, and in a company commanded by captain Moody Boston in the same regiment, and in the company commanded by captain Potter in the American Regiment commanded by colonel William Hall, to which I was transferred, and in the service of the United States, until the month of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty four, when I was regularly discharged from the service at West point in the State of New York and received an honorable discharge, signed I believe, by Gen. H. Jackson that during the term aforesaid I was stationed at New Windsor fort, every point & West point

in the State of New-York. And I do further on oath declare that I am fifty-seven years of age, am not borne on any pension list of the United States, and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of the assistance of my country for support.
Wherefore I the said Jedidiah Elliot pray that this declaration and the proceedings to be had thereon may be transmitted to the Secretary of War, to the end that I may be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an act of Congress passed March 18th 1818. entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war."
Jedidiah Elliot
May 11. 1818
United States of America
District of Maine, ss.
May 11. 1818
Jedidiah Elliot, above named, personally appeared, and made oath that the facts, by him stated in the foregoing declaration are true - Before me
Albion H. Parris Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine

I Benjamin Dumby of Greene in the County of Kennebec of Lawfull age do testify and say that I am well acquainted with Mr. Jediah Elliot of Windham in the District of Maine and that in September or October in the year Seventeen Hundred Eighty two said Elliot joined Captain Cherry's Company in Colonel Reed's Regiment at Jonestown in the State of New York. I further say that said Jediah Elliot served in the Continental Establishment in the Revolutionary War until the year Seventeen Hundred Eighty four in June 30 th at which time I knew of his being discharged and that he enlisted for three years at the time of his joining Capt. Cherry's Company as above mentioned, when he was discharged he belonged to Capt. Pitkin's Company in the American Regiment.
Benj d Dumby
Kennebec ss
Greene May 13 th 1818 Personally appeared the above named Benjamin Dumby and made Oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him signed before me
Jothes Robbins Justice Peace

I Daniel Weston of Gray in the district of Maine testify and say that, being a private soldier in the continental establishment in the revolutionary war, I was in the month of February or March in the year 1783 transferred into the company commanded by Capt. Cherry in Col. Reed's regi- ment in the New Hampshire line, and there became acquainted with Jedidiah Elliot now an inhab- itant of Windham in the district of Maine, who was then a private in said Cherry's company en- listed for three years, and that said Elliot continued to serve in said Cherry's company and in the com- pany commanded by Capt. Moody Dustin in the same line, and in the company commanded by Capt. Patten in the American regiment commanded by Col. William Hall, until the thir- teenth of June 1784, when he was regularly dis- charged from the service of the United States.
Daniel Weston
Cumberland ss
Gray May 14-1818 Personally appeared the above named Daniel Weston and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him signed before me Daniel W. Green Clerk of the Court

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
To Daniel W. Green, esq. te of Gray, or Joseph Henricks, South Berwick or Elijah Bannell, esq. te of Greene in the District of Maine
GREETING.
WHEREAS, at a special District Court of said United States for the Maine District, held at Paris in said District, on the eleventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Melchiah Elliot of Windham in said District presented an application to the Judge of said Court, setting forth that he served as a non commissioned officer in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment against the common enemy, and requesting that an enquiry may be instituted into the circumstances of his case, and that such further proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by An Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," in order that he may be placed on the Pension List of said United States:—And whereas in the course of the examination here had, it appears that the testimony of sundry persons, who served with the applicant in the revolutionary army, at present residing in or near the towns of Gray and Greene aforesaid, is necessary and material in support of said application:—
THEREFORE, to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had, and by virtue of the power vested in this Court by the laws of the United States, you or either of you are hereby appointed and authorized, at the proper expense of the applicant, to take the depositions of such persons as he may cause to come before you, touching the application aforesaid, and in particular as to the time when the applicant entered the service, the time and manner of his leaving it, the company, regiment and line to which he belonged, and whether the service was performed on the continental establishment or in the militia of either of the States; and such depositions, when taken, and your certificate of the administration of the usual oath and of the credibility of the deponents, together with this Dedimus Potestatem, you will certify and return to the Judge of said Court without unnecessary delay.
GIVEN under my hand and seal at Paris in said District, the day and year first mentioned.
Albion H. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.
Albion H. Parris U.S. Dist. Judge

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the eleventh day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Isaac Lillie the applicant named in the proper hereto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence as deposition of Daniel Weston , as soldier in the revolutionary army taken before Daniel W. Green esq r pursuant to a Dedimus Potestatem by me issued as do also the deposition of Benjamin Quimby likewise as soldier in the revolutionary army taken before Luther Robbins , esq r pursuant to Dedimus Potestatem by me granted, all which are hereto annexed
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Isaac Lillie the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Albion H. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.
And I do further certify that it has been proved to my satisfaction, that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, the said Lillie is in need of the assistance of his country for support —
Albion H. Parris U.S. Dist. Judge etc.

United States of America District of Maine ss. }
And now Iodediah Elliot, with his affidavit, produces further evidence of the truth of the facts, by him within stated, to wit, his original discharge which at the time of filing his application he supposed to be lost, and which corroborates all the material facts within stated by the said applicant, except that at the time of his discharge he was a corporal. - The discharge hereto annexed, and the testimony of the Rev. Daniel Weston contained within, places this case very much beyond all doubt. - Mr. Weston, the witness is a person of the first respectability, whose testimony is entitled to undoubted credit.
Albion H. Parris U.S. District Judge

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Frederick Elliot of New Haven in the County of Cumberland State of Maine aged twenty two on oath declares that I enlisted into the Army of the United States in July 1852 at New Haven in New Hampshire under the nickname of "The Yank". That he was mustered at Chester in N.H. & marched to Johnstown above Albany in New York & there joined Col. Thross' Right wing & was there & built huts for winter quarters & then moved to next spring. Then went to Stony Point the remains from June 1853 to Feb 1854 1854 at Stony Point he was under Capt Shann's Dist. From Stony Point he was marched to West Point under Capt. Mott & was there until the last of June 1854 when he was honorably discharged as will appear by his discharge now on file at Washington into the papers he sent in on 1875 - J. D. Elliot
Cumberland Co. Me. Nov 3 rd 1872 subscribers known to be who are John Anderson publisher

Letter declination of Isabel Elliot for union of Banns.

I Frederick Elliot of Mendham in the County of Cumberland State of Maine do hereby declare that I was a soldier in the war of the Revolution that I enlisted at Durham in State of New Hampshire on the last of July A.D. 1782. for three years was mustered at Exeter under Lt. Wickenden and marched to Poughkeepsie in New York & joined Col. Shields Reg't & was in the company of Capt. Cherry. served at Poughkeepsie until late in the fall then marched down to New Windsor & went into winter quarters & remained until April 1783. The Reg't was ordered on duty on the lines & stationed at different points I was stationed at Hudson Point & then did duty until December of that year - then was marched to West Point & there served until June 1784 when I was regularly discharged. Which discharge I sent to Washington when I applied for a pension under the Act of 1818 - having served over the term required by law the years within one month.
F. Elliot
Cumberland Me. Oct 16 th 1833 Subscribed & sworn to before me Wm. Chadwick Just Peace